Bottle holder



March 23, 1937. HS WHfi-FEN 2,"74,736

BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Jan. 20, 1936 Patented Mar. 23, 1937 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to bottle holders and more particularly to adevice for holding nursing bottles while nursing the infant.

The main object of the invention is to provide a bottle holder having abasket for accommodating the bottle and adapted to be adjusted to anyposition convenient to the infant.

A further object of the invention is to arrange the holder so it can beself-supporting or be attachable to any rigid object.

Other objects will appear 7 as the disclosure progresses. The drawing isintended to merely indicate a possible embodiment of the invention. Itis obvious'that the actual needs of manufacture may necessitate certainmechanical changes.

It is therefore not intended to limit the invention to the embodimentillustrated but rather to define such limits in the appended claims.

For a more general understanding of the invention attention is called tothe drawing in which like reference characters denote like partsthroughout the specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view of the bottle holder supporting a nursingbottle.

Figure 2. is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a top view of the lower'end of the arm to which the holderis hinged.

30 Figure 5 is a top view of the hinged leg.

Figure 6 is a sectionon line 6--6 of Figure 5. Figure 7 is a sectionalview of the holder showing a special adapter inserted in its mouth usedfor accommodating nursing bottles having narrow necks.

Figure 8 is a side vview of the adapter detached from the holder.

Figure 9 is a view of a modfiied form of the holder having a restrictedopening for accom- 40 modating bottles having narrow necks.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, numeral l designates the holdersupport, 2 the arm and 3 the bottle basket. The support comprises twoparallel members 4 and 5 made of 45 wire and having outwardly spreadingarms 6,

and l at the top bent into a gooseneck form as at 8. The arms 6 and land the gooseneck portion 8 are covered with rubber tubing 9. At thelower ends of the members 4 and 5 are outwardly extending legs Ill andII which are also covered with rubber tubing l2.

The arm 2 comprises two parallel members 12' and [3 made of one piece ofwire and bent at the upper end to form one eye M. The lower ends of thearm are also provided with eyes l5 and Hi. The basket 3 is likewise madeof wire and is cylindrical in shape with open ends I! and I8. The end I8is slightly restricted in order to prevent the bottle from slippingthrough. At both ends are rings 19 and 20 to .which are attached bybrazing or otherwise the longitudinal lengths of wire 2|. The centralring 22 frictionally embraces the basket and is so arranged. that thebasket can be moved forward or backward of the ring to reach the infant.The said ring is provided with eyes 23 and 24 as seen in Figure 3 whichcan be brought together or spread apart in order to engage or disengagethe basket.

Supporting the lower end of the arm 2 is a triangular shaped leg 25provided with ears 26 and 21 at the top and covered with rubber tubing28 at the base. A bolt 29 passes through all of the said ears of the arm2, the ring 22 and the leg 25. A wing nut 30 is screwed on the bolt andis arranged to tighten all of the ears together to form a rigidstructure. When its use is not necesssary the leg 25 can be swungupwardly as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.

When using a narrow neck bottle an adapter 3| made of soft material suchas rubber or the like is provided which can be slipped in the interiorof the opening H3 in order to change the size of the mouth of thebasket. The adapter is provided with grooves 32 and 33 to accommodatethe ring 20 and the lengths of wire 2|.

In Figure 9 a modified form of the bottle is shown in which the basketis provided with a restricted mouth 34 in order to accommodate a narrowneck bottle without the use of an adapter.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple, eflicient andinexpensive nursing bottle holder which can conveniently be used tonurse the infant. The holder can be self-supporting or can be supportedor attached in any place where the infant is lying. The height of thebasket can be regulated by moving the arm 2 upwardly or downwardly onthe support I and frictionally held in place by the bolt 35. Also theposition of the basket in relation to the position ring 22 can beadjusted to suit the convenience of the infant.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a vertical support, an armslidably attached to said support, a basket for accommodating a nursingbottle attached to said arm and a pivoted leg member at the end of saidam.

2. In a device of the class described, a vertical support provided withbent over portions at the top forming a gooseneck, a sloping armslidably attached to said support, a basket for accommodating a nursingbottle pivotally attached to said arm, and a pivoted leg member attachedto said arm.

3. In a device of the class described, a vertical support provided withbent over portions at the top forming a gooseneck, a sloping armslidably attached to said support, a basket for holding a nursingbottle, a split ring in frictional engagement with the basket, atriangular shaped leg, the lower end of said arm and ring and the upperend of said leg each provided with eyes registering with each other, anda bolt provided with a wing nut for tightening together all of saideyes.

HAL S. WHITTEN.

